University of Illinois Menace

What A Feeling

Sorry I’m writing a lot lately. This is how you know I’m back in school — I have all these reasons to write and not read/take notes. I’m trying really hard to go back and finish all the drafts I’ve started and never published. Of course, I am notoriou…

Remember Me As a Time of Day

I started writing this on my phone, actually (and then I passed out). I was confused, a little (slash vurr) emotional, wild tired, and laying on a dirty tatami. (Sorry.) (Italics is what was written in Japan. Everything else was written after the fact….

The One Where Joann Can’t Sleep

Next-day-publish. Hilariously, I fell asleep before I got to ‘z’.————-In case you all were wondering/care, I moved to Madison recently. This has involved a great deal of cleaning, moving, Caucasians, and sweating (I have taken a minimum of thre…

Put Me In Coach, Vol. 6: Epilogue

I couldn’t write this for a long time because a. I haven’t been around and b. it hasn’t really “hit me” yet. If we can be frank, I didn’t think I was “that” invested in the entire coaching experience. I wanted to give the kids my best, to prepare them …